2024 Volume 80 Issue 20 Article ID: 24-20002
In Switzerland, pattern timetables were installed on mainline railways since the 1980s, and later on, they were also introduced on branch lines that serve regional transportation, resulting in the creation of a consistent transportation system. This study focused on interchange stations between main lines and branch lines, and investigated the transfer time between lines for each train. As a result of the analysis, the transfer time between trains on the main lines was generally less than 10 minutes on average, and less than 15 minutes at maximum. Also, in the case of branch lines and main lines, the average time was within 16 minutes, and the maximum was within 22 minutes. Additionally, more than 90% of all transfer combinations had one or more connections per hour, and more than 50% had two or more connections per hour. Furthermore, nearly 90% of connections between main lines met the following conditions: “average of 10 minutes or less”, “maximum of 15 minutes or less”, and “one or more trains per hour”. Over 60% of connections between main lines and branch lines and less than half of connections between branch lines met the conditions. However, as long as these conditions are met, the variation in connection times is small and reliability is high.
